Must have battled for years with depression, this song he wrote 10 years ago ...
Floating in the forth
So you just stepped out Of the front of my house And I'll never see you again. I closed my eyes for a second And when they opened You weren't there. And the door shut shut I was vacuum packed, Shrink-wrapped out of air And the spine collapsed And the eyes rolled back To stare at my starving brain, And fully clothed, I float away (I'll float away) Down the Forth, into the sea I think I'll save suicide for another day. And I picture this corpse On the M8 hearse And I half run away to sleep On a rolled up coat Against the window With the strobe of the sun And the life I've led Am I ready to leap Is there peace beneath The roar of the Forth road bridge? On the Northern side There's a Fife of mine And a boat in the port for me, And fully clothed, I float away (I'll float away) Down the Forth, into the sea I'll steer myself Through drunken waves These manic gulls Scream it's okay Take your life Give it a shake Gather up All your loose change I think I'll save suicide for another year.
Went to put that album on before and only noticed that song then. Gulp. Really sad. You could feel the panic in his bandmates' voices a couple of days ago. Puts our own grumbles into context.
Went to put that album on before and only noticed that song then. Gulp. Really sad. You could feel the panic in his bandmates' voices a couple of days ago. Puts our own grumbles into context.
Distinctly remember a UK car trip around 2010 with the family and 'Swim Until You Cant See Land' was a firm sing-a-long favourite with everyone during it.
https://youtu.be/SzjERZU3wbY
Lyrics are distinctly haunting today. Sad news.
Distinctly remember a UK car trip around 2010 with the family and 'Swim Until You Cant See Land' was a firm sing-a-long favourite with everyone during it. https://youtu.be/SzjERZU3wbY Lyrics are distinctly haunting today. Sad news.